Wordless Wednesday- Brick Fest Pt 2: Small Sets
Tag: play
Simple Sunday- Games
“Purposeful play builds self-confidence and real-world problem-solving skills.”― Jane McGonigal, Superbetter
“Some of the roots of role-playing games (RPGs) are grounded in clinical and academic role assumption and role-playing exercises.”-Gary Gygax
“Real life this far had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book… By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters… wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp.”-Ethan Gilsdorf
“Life is more fun if you play games.”― Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games. – Carl Jung
“Gaming is our cultural bogeyman – we blame it for everything from child obesity to violence to short attention spans. But any explanation that fits every situation ultimately explains nothing.”-Naomi Alderman
Simple Sunday- Play
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.-“ Carl Jung
“Play is fundamentally important for learning 21st century skills, such as problem solving, collaboration, and creativity.” – American Pediatric Association
“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Playing should be fun! In our great eagerness to teach our children we studiously look for ‘educational’ toys, games with built-in lessons, books with a ‘message.’ Often these ‘tools’ are less interesting and stimulating than the child’s natural curiosity and playfulness. Play is by its very nature educational. And it should be pleasurable. When the fun goes out of play, most often so does the learning.” – Joanne E. Oppenheim
“A lot is said about the serious by the fact that the most intelligent person around is almost always the most playful.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, Author
Simple Sunday- Play
“Playing a game together actually builds up bonds and trust and cooperation. We actually build stronger social relationships as a result.”- Jane McGonigal, Game designer
“We shouldn’t stick too close to everyday reality but give room to the reality of the heart, of the mind, and of the imagination. Those things can help us in life.”-Hayao Miyazaki
“Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.”-Henri Matisse
“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.”-Erik H. Erikson
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Simple Sunday- Play
“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.” -Erik H. Erikson
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”- Neil Gaiman
“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” ― John Cleese
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
Thoughtful Thursday- Lego Exhibition, Part 2
Thoughtful Thursday- Lego Exhibition Edition
We went to the Lego exhibition over the weekend and it was spectacular! Who knew you could do that much with Legos? I’m totally stealing all my brother’s Legos for the Husband when we go to visit my parents. Here’s some of the great things that were there.
Fine Art:
This cool set of pictures that changed depending on where you were standing.
Rollercoasters!
The Ann Arbor library fairy doors:
And last, but not least, the great ball contraption. A Rube Goldberg machine set up all the way around the table to move balls around. Each section was built by a different person.
It was pretty cool and I have a ton more pictures, so I’m sure I’ll post more in the future. Who doesn’t like Legos after all?
A Playful Simple Sunday
“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.” – Carl Jung
“When children pretend, they’re using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero.” – Fred Rogers
“Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.”- Henri Matisse
“Play is hard to maintain as you get older. You get less playful. You shouldn’t, of course.” – Richard Feynman
“As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal.” – Gretchen Owocki